Minnie Driver to Play Mother on About a Boy

The Oscar nomniee (for Good Will Hunting), who last appeared on FX's The Riches, will star opposite David Walton on NBC's About a Boy, an NBC pilot from Jason Katims that is based on a book (and movie) by the same name.

The series will center on the relationship between a wealthy man child and the boy who lives next door.

Sources confirm that Driver will play the child’s eccentric, recently-divorced mother, Fiona. It's the role taken on by Toni Collette in the big screen version of this story.

Driver has also appeared on episodes of Web Therapy, Will & Grace and Modern Family.